Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2024-02-27

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Feb 27
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
29 vs last sale 29 12 vs year ago 46 · +26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
4 vs last sale 7 27 vs year ago 30 · 90.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
19 vs last sale 22 22 vs year ago 25 · 88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows mostly steady, feeder bulls had a limited comparable sale, feeder steers and heifers lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $260.40/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$260.40
22 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
28.71
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541267.531,44711thin
Medium and Large 2593255.451,5149thin
Medium and Large 3480243.501,1692thin
One grade step is worth $24.03/cwt here — about $278 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
260.40
GA average16 barns · 881 hd
289.11
−28.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14097.001,1061thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low71573.605262thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,080$9501thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Upson County Livestock - Thomaston, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1395312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2321
BullsMedium and Large 2435275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1961
BullsMedium and Large 2485267.33/cwt262.00–270.001,2973
BullsMedium and Large 3625235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4691
BullsMedium and Large 3535245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 3370260.00/cwt260.00–260.009621
SteersMedium and Large 1511268.17/cwt265.00–275.001,3705
HeifersMedium and Large 3390230.00/cwt230.00–230.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 3520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1441
SteersMedium and Large 2520255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3261
SteersMedium and Large 3455242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1011
SteersMedium and Large 1495282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3961
HeifersMedium and Large 2470237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1141
HeifersMedium and Large 3625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 2380250.00/cwt250.00–250.009501
SteersMedium and Large 2608255.84/cwt250.00–257.001,5566
SteersMedium and Large 1580264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5315
SteersMedium and Large 2583254.49/cwt252.00–257.001,4842
SteersMedium and Large 3505245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2371
HeifersMedium and Large 1305265.00/cwt265.00–265.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 1440245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0781
HeifersMedium and Large 1505245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2371
HeifersMedium and Large 1595234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3923
HeifersMedium and Large 2435248.48/cwt247.00–250.001,0812
HeifersMedium and Large 2631226.21/cwt225.00–227.001,4275
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,080950.00/head950.00–950.009501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1061
CowsLean 85-90%71573.60/cwt70.00–77.005262

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.